Religious Naturalism meets Big History. Evolutionary biologist Ursula Goodenough finds meaning already within natural processes. And this justifies her religious naturalist orientation. Religious Naturalism meets Big History.
When we remind ourselves of the connection between Teilhard and Big History, we realize that the universe story we tell need not be reduced to a materialist ideology. Our account of cosmic history could include consciousness, goodness, and even transcendence. Teilhard and Big History? What a difference!
How do science and religion relate within big history? Like an ancient army pillaging conquered villages, the scientific conquerors steal from religion origin stories and the grounding of morality. No wonder religion fits so awkwardly within Big History! Science and religion in big history? Well, it's awkward.
Whether or not an everlasting hell exists is a difficult matter to settle. Nevertheless, we cannot just drop this concern, because how we develop the idea of hell has to do with the such concepts as divine love and divine justice. The existence of Hell corresponds to divine justice.